Sally McLean is an award-winning actor, director, writer and producer whose acting credits include numerous mainstream Australian, UK and USA film and TV productions and over 30 theatrical productions. A graduate of The Actors Institute, London (UK), Sally’s work behind the camera began with the BBC on documentary strands such as Bookmark and One Foot In The Past before forming her production business Incognita Enterprises under the Honorary Patronage of Academy Award® nominee and multiple BAFTA Award winner, Sir Nigel Hawthorne.

She is currently Creator/Director and lead ensemble member of the critically acclaimed, multi award-winning series Shakespeare Republic, which includes the award-winning spin-off short film Speaking Daggers (2017), commissioned for the inaugural Arts Learning Festival, and new limited series Dark Arcadia, supported by the British Shakespeare Association, Creative Australia, Creative Victoria and the City of Melbourne, currently in post-production.